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Ugly wagons (Audi's competition)



As I am reading the new review of the A6 Avant V6 twin turbo in my new Car and
Driver, I noticed how the car almost looks like it was meant to be a wagon.
Why?  Well, it all comes down to how these car manufacturers turn a sedan into
a wagon.  If you look at the Saturn wagon, or the Tarus wagon, you will see
they keep the rear doors and C pilar out line intact to save money, and in the
process, it looks awful....like a home built project.

The Audi wagon looks great (some goes for the A4 wagon.)  The rear doors and
the windshield have been redesigned to give it a great flowing shape that
looks like it was in the plans from the begining, not an afterthought like the
previously mentioned wagons.  This gives me hope, since I am about to enter
the hell, er, I mean Happiness of marriage.  When I'm forced to have kids, I
don't have to worry about an ugly wagon or worse yet, a testosterone robbing
minivan in my garage that says "no longer has sex or fun."  Apologies to all
with minivans......

It also looks to be pretty quick, 0-60 in 7.3 for the manual.  BUT, the auto
takes 10.5 seconds.  What gives?  How can Audi make an autobox that adds over
3 seconds to the 0-60 run?  That is awful!  My '90 90 is an auto box, but
still pretty quick.  The A4 only suffers a 1 second drop in 0-60 time for the
autobox.  

All right, enought out of me.....

       /\        _I    Christian J. Long (& Breeze Heller - soon to be wife!)
     /    \ I_I I_I I  Orlando, Florida, USA
                       University of Central Florida Alumni 1994
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'98 Audi A4 1.8T      looking tough with 225/50-16
'96 BMW 318ti          no mods yet....
'90 Audi 90              Still in the family
Past Audis: '84 CGT, '85CGT, '87.5 CGT, '90 CQ
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